By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Amidst the confusion over his suspension, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara has remained unrepentant in his support for Dr Alex Otti’s administration in Abia State. Wabara is from Abia.
The Source reports that penultimate week, the Abia State PDP Executive Council had slammed an indefinite suspension order on the former President of the Nigerian Senate, citing alleged anti-party activities as a major reason.
The PDP in the State had specifically alluded to Wabara’s no-hold-bar positive assessment and subsequent endorsement of the Dr Otti-led Labour Party LP, administration for a second term in office.
The PDP BoT chairman at the occasion of his birthday celebration held in Umuahia, the State capital in 2023, lauded Otti’s credible performance in office within a short period .
Wabara then noted that should the LP Governor maintain his good track record of performance, he should then be assured that Abians will reward him with a second tenure.
But while announcing the suspension of Wabara, the Abia state PDP Chairman, Comrade Abraham Amah described the BoT Chairman’s position as a serious betrayal of his party as well as an act unbecoming of a party leader.
According to Amah, the party in the state decided to wield the big stick after several futile efforts to get Wabara to withdraw his distasteful endorsement of a rival political platform.
Although the National Working Committee NWC, in a statement issued by the spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, has since invalidated the suspension order, the BOT,Chairman has remained unapologetic about his assessment of the performance of the Abia State Governor.
In a statement issued on Monday by Governor Otti’s Media Aide ,Ukoha Njoku, the PDP BoT, Chairman while speaking at the 80th birthday celebration of Dr Eme Okoro, a former Secretary to the State Government, SSG, during the first tenure of former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, insisted on the sanctity of his assessment.
At the event which held at the International Conference Centre Umuahia, same venue he had first passed his vote of confidence in 2023, the PDP BoT Chairman noted that as an Abian, he has the right to comment on the affairs of the State .
“Before becoming a PDP card-carrying member, before becoming an NRC ( National Republican Convention) card-carrying member in this State, I Adolphus Nduneweh Wabara, was first and foremost a citizen of Abia State.
“Politics ends after campaigns. After elections, you face governance. Even a blind man can see what is happening in Abia today
“I am saying it again. May be now they can expel me, after their suspension order. But having said so ,our ancestors in Abia are with you”, Wabara was quoted as telling Governor Otti.
According to the statement ,the PDP BoT chairman, also challenged the leadership of the party to equally suspend Okoro, the celebrant, who Governor Otti, has come to celebrate.
“I will continue to appreciate you. I have not mentioned Labour Party. I have always mentioned Governor Alex Otti. We are with you”, Wabara told Otti,
The PDP BoT Chairman said he cannot be suspended and expelled by anybody for only speaking the truth which is too glaring for every body to see.
This is even as he vowed to continue to appreciate the Governor ,so long as he remains on the right track
On his part, Governor Otti, informed that it is in the spirit of respecting elders that he attended the birthday celebration of Dr Eme Okoro. He vowed to maintain the posture irrespective of party affiliations.
“I will return to the International Conference Centre next time to celebrate Senate Enyinnaya Abaribe who will turn 70 years by March 1, 2025, and Senator Chris Adighijie who turns 80 years on March 22, 2025”, Gov Otti stated.
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